Cypriot First Division 2007-08

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Marfin Laiki League
Season 2007-08
Champions Anorthosis
13th championship
Relegated Aris
Nea Salamis
Olympiakos
Champions League Anorthosis (1st qualifying round)
UEFA Cup APOEL (1st qualifying round)
AC Omonia (1st qualifying round; via Cypriot Cup)
UEFA Intertoto Ethnikos Achna (1st round)
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2008-09

The Cypriot First Division 2007-08 league started on September 1st, 2007.

The defending champion was APOEL. Clubs promoted from second division were Alki, APOP and Doxa Katokopia.

This year, for the first time, the championship featured a group stage. Teams are divided into 3 groups; 1st-4th, 5th-8th and 9th-12th. Points from the main season still count.

Anorthosis Famagusta won the championship three games before the end of the season, without losing a single match.

Contents

[edit] First Round

[edit] League Table

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Anorthosis 26 19 7 0 49 13 +36 64
2 APOEL 26 16 5 5 51 19 +32 53
3 Omonia 26 14 6 6 36 22 +14 48
4 AEK 26 12 5 9 34 32 +2 41
5 Apollon 26 10 9 7 40 33 +7 39
6 APOP 26 10 7 9 35 35 0 37
7 Paralimni 26 10 6 10 28 30 -2 36
8 Ethnikos Achnas 26 11 1 14 34 35 -1 34
9 Doxa Katokopias 26 9 7 10 38 40 -2 34
10 Alki 26 7 6 13 32 40 -8 27
11 AEL 26 7 6 13 28 38 -10 27
12 Aris 26 7 6 13 24 35 -11 27
13 Nea Salamis 26 6 6 14 28 54 -26 24
14 Olympiakos 26 3 5 18 23 54 -31 14
Group A
Group B
Group C
Relegation to Second Division

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008
Source: soccerway.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Results

Home/Away

 AEK AEL ALK ANO APOE APOL APOP ARI DOX ENP ETH NEA OLY OMO
AEK 2-2 2-0 1-1 0-3 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-2 1-3 1-0 2-2 2-1 1-0
AEL 0-2 2-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 1-4 1-2 1-0 3-1 1-1
Alki 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-4 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-3 4-1 5-0 2-1
Anorthosis 2-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-1 4-0 2-1 1-0 5-1 5-0 1-0 2-0
APOEL 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-1 2-0[1] 4-0 3-0 3-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 4-0 1-0
Apollon 2-0 4-3 1-0 2-2 0-2[2] 2-0 2-1 2-2 3-0 2-1 4-1 3-2 3-3
APOP 0-1 0-1 5-3 0-2 1-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 1-1 2-1 4-2 3-1 0-0
Aris 2-3 2-1 2-5 0-0 2-2 3-1 1-2 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 3-0 1-2
Doxa Katokopia 3-3 2-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-1 2-3 2-0 1-0
Paralimni 0-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-2 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-1 1-3
Ethnikos Achnas 0-2 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 3-1 0-1 5-0 2-1 1-2
Nea Salamis 2-0 0-2 1-1 0-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-0 4-2 0-2
Olympiakos 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-2 2-2 1-1 0-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 2-4 0-1
Omonia 3-2 1-0 3-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-0

Last Update: 23 Mar 2008.
Source : UEFA

[edit] Second Round

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Anorthosis 32 20 12 0 58 19 +39 72
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 58 28 +30 61
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 42 31 +11 52
4 AEK 32 14 8 10 46 42 +4 50
  ANO APOE OMO AEK
Anorthosis – 3-0 0-0 3-3
APOEL 1-1 – 2-2 2-1
Omonia 0-0 1-2 – 0-0
AEK 2-2 1-0 5-3 –
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Apollon 32 12 11 9 49 41 +8 47
6 Paralimni 32 13 7 12 42 45 -3 46
7 Ethnikos Achnas 32 13 4 15 44 43 1 43
8 APOP 32 11 9 12 47 49 -2 42
  APOL APOP ENP ETH
Apollon – 2-2 4-1 0-2
APOP 1-2 – 3-4 1-0
Paralimni 1-0 4-3 – 1-1
Ethnikos Achnas 1-1 2-2 4-3 –
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 AEL 32 11 7 14 39 45 -6 40
10 Alki 32 11 7 14 41 44 -3 40
11 Doxa Katokopias 32 10 9 13 43 48 -5 39
12 Aris 32 8 6 18 31 48 -17 30
  DOX ALK AEL ARI
Doxa Katokopias – 0-0 1-2 2-0
Alki 1-0 – 2-1 4-1
AEL 2-2 1-0 – 3-2
Aris 3-0 1-2 0-2 –
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Relegation to Second Division


Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source (League Table): UEFA.com
Source (Results): UEFA.com

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Top Scorers

# Name Club Goals
1 Flag of Brazil Da Costa Doxa Katokopias 16
= Flag of Poland Łukasz Sosin Anorthosis 16
3 Flag of Cyprus Constantinos Makrides APOEL 13
4 Flag of Portugal Bernardo Vasconcelos Omonia 12
= Flag of Uruguay Ignacio Risso Apollon 12
= Flag of Romania Adrian Mihalcea Aris 12

Last Update: 11 May 2008
Source: soccerboards.com

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Match abandoned. The score at the time was decided to be the official score.
  2. ^ Match abandoned. Score at the time was 2-2.
  3. ^ Apollon declined their Intertoto participation
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